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Term: hearing

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "hearing": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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hearing

Definitions

Noun

  1. (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
  2. An opportunity to state your case and be heard
  3. The range within which a voice can be heard
  4. The act of hearing attentively
  5. A session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
  6. The ability to hear; the auditory faculty

Adjective

  1. Able to perceive sound

Verb

  1. Perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
  2. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  3. Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
  4. Receive a communication from someone
  5. Listen and pay attention
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "hearing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hearing 2 76
2 hearings 2 8
3 shearing 2 7
4 overhearing 4 1
5 rehearing 3 1
6 hearing's 2 0
7 rehearings 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "hearing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 having 2 279
2 housing 2 59
3 heading 2 31
4 hoping 2 30
5 hanging 2 28
6 heating 2 24
7 hiding 2 17
8 hitting 2 17
9 hugging 2 7
10 hatching 2 6
11 healing 2 6
12 hiring 2 6
13 humming 2 6
14 hurling 2 5
15 hauling 2 4
16 heaving 2 4
17 hissing 2 4
18 hopping 2 4
19 hurrying 3 4
20 hitching 2 3
21 howling 2 3
22 hurting 2 3
23 hacking 2 2
24 hating 2 2
25 herring 2 2
26 hiking 2 2
27 hemming 2 1
28 herding 2 1
29 hobbing 2 1
30 hocking 2 1
31 hogging 2 1
32 homing 2 1
33 hooking 2 1
34 haering 3 0
35 hailing 2 0
36 halling 2 0
37 halving 2 0
38 haning 2 0
39 hanning 2 0
40 haring 2 0
41 harring 2 0
42 hashing 2 0
43 hassing 2 0
44 hawking 2 0
45 hazing 2 0
46 heaping 2 0
47 hedding 2 0
48 hedging 2 0
49 heeding 2 0
50 heeling 2 0
51 heling 2 0
52 helling 2 0
53 heming 2 0
54 henning 2 0
55 herling 2 0
56 herting 2 0
57 herzing 2 0
58 hessing 2 0
59 hewing 2 0
60 hibbing 2 0
61 hilling 2 0
62 hodding 2 0
63 holing 2 0
64 holling 2 0
65 honing 2 0
66 hosing 2 0
67 hoving 2 0
68 huffing 2 0
69 hyping 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hearing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 wearing 2 47
2 sharing 2 23
3 nearing 2 12
4 tearing 2 9
5 hearings 2 8
6 shearing 2 7
7 searing 2 2
8 rearing 2 2
9 herring 2 2
10 rehearing 3 1
11 herding 2 1
12 hering 2 0
13 hearin 2 0
14 haring 2 0
15 hearing's 2 0
16 shearin 2 0
17 heuring 2 0
18 herzing 2 0
19 herting 2 0
20 herling 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "hearing" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "hearing" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 his hearing 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "hearing" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 given 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "hearing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 herring 2 2
2 haering 3 0
3 harring 2 0
4 hearing's 2 0
5 heuring 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 12

Fragments: 7

Sound Alikes: 69

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 5

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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Mar 14, 2026 People.com

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